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Harvard Study Reveals Huge Extent of Anti-Trump Media Bias

<alt>doxygen said:
There are, to be sure, a lot of diehard Trump haters out there. The percentage is probably somewhat lower that that of his diehard supporters. The rest of us are just watching with a combination of alarm and amusement.

I'll say again, the MSM mainly reports the days events, which includes things Trump does, says, tweets or whatever. Trump is, and always has, managed to make himself look both confused and foolish. That isn't the media - that's the Donald. He was the same way during the campaign. Talking in circles with a few buzzwords & dog whistles thrown in worked well in that mode. Being POTUS is VERY different. Having the POTUS contradicting himself 3 times in a week is alarming to a lot of people.

On top of that, I dislike most of his cabinet and more than half of his EO's and the other things he's tried to implement with a signature. That's my opinion. Everyone gets to have one.

The GOP agenda is largely not something I agree with, and that's all Trump has tried do so far. Thankfully, Ryan's congress can't seem to do anything. Perhaps they've had too much practice doing nothing.
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I have no problem with the media reporting what Trump says and does. I have a HUGE problem with them continually explaining to us why or what he says and does is unacceptable, dangerous, deranged, improper, etc. even when it is something they previously fell all over themselves to present as wonderful when Obama did it.

But you are right. Everybody has an opinion. I just take less seriously those who are incapable of being objective about anything most especially if it is Republican or right of center. And those who go out of their way to insult those who are Republican and/or right of center when it has nothing to do with the original thought don't score a lot of points for objectivity with me. Ditto those who use a perfectly valid observation to stick in an unrelated opinion of Democrats or those left of center.
 
AlbqOwl said:
The Trump haters, including most of the MSM, do stick to their guns re their prejudices for sure, no matter how dishonest they have to be to do that.
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It's not prejudice if those judgements are rendered based on actual circumstances.

When a Muslim American claims that President Trump is disrespectful, they may be wholly honest, and they may have readily identifiable facts they can draw from President Trump's own behavior to render that judgement. Who are you to accuse them ALL of dishonesty?
 
Master PO said:
you have put forth the coverage is negative because trump is horrible, and that not what the subject matter of the OP is about.
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No, the study amounted to a set of observations about the media. It did not evaluate the legitimacy of those observations.

Master PO said:
again its stating the presentation of news is reported in a negative tone.

"that the press is actively misleading"....that is the case the story of the OP is making, and i am only stating that to you which you failed to understand
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The story in the OP is actually not about the press being actively misleading. It is about the positivity and negativity of President Trump in the media.

You are inferring a wild conclusion that is almost completely unsubstantiated from the study cited in the OP's link.
 
Absentglare said:
No, the study amounted to a set of observations about the media. It did not evaluate the legitimacy of those observations.

it was not trying too.

it was study making a point from their prospective



The story in the OP is actually not about the press being actively misleading. It is about the positivity and negativity of President Trump in the media.

You are inferring a wild conclusion that is almost completely unsubstantiated from the study cited in the OP's link.
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:doh its clear you have no idea what the story was about which is a surprise since it was so simple
 
AlbqOwl said:
I have no problem with the media reporting what Trump says and does. I have a HUGE problem with them continually explaining to us why or what he says and does is unacceptable, dangerous, deranged, improper, etc. even when it is something they previously fell all over themselves to present as wonderful when Obama did it.

But you are right. Everybody has an opinion. I just take less seriously those who are incapable of being objective about anything most especially if it is Republican or right of center. And those who go out of their way to insult those who are Republican and/or right of center when it has nothing to do with the original thought don't score a lot of points for objectivity with me. Ditto those who use a perfectly valid observation to stick in an unrelated opinion of Democrats or those left of center.
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Watch Fox. Carlson and Hannity are still explaining how "why or what he says and does is acceptable, wonderful for the country, proper, not illegal etc. even when it is something they previously fell all over themselves to present as horrible/illegal/tyranny when Obama did it." Only an evil leftist would think otherwise.

The crazy works both ways.

The things I really object to that Trump has tried to do are so far right as to to almost require a new label. Corporate Libertarianism, or maybe UGDG, or "use the fed. government to destroy the fed. government". They are going to torch the environment too, but that will bite his supporters first and hardest.
 
Absentglare said:
It's not prejudice if those judgements are rendered based on actual circumstances.

When a Muslim American claims that President Trump is disrespectful, they may be wholly honest, and they may have readily identifiable facts they can draw from President Trump's own behavior to render that judgement. Who are you to accuse them ALL of dishonesty?
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It is honest only if somebody has been disrespectful. It is not honest when it is based on a perfectly reasonable policy that would be imposed on anybody in the same circumstances or is based somebody telling the Muslim that the President has been disrespectful when he hasn't.
 
<alt>doxygen said:
Watch Fox. Carlson and Hannity are still explaining how "why or what he says and does is acceptable, wonderful for the country, proper, not illegal etc. even when it is something they previously fell all over themselves to present as horrible/illegal/tyranny when Obama did it." Only an evil leftist would think otherwise.

The crazy works both ways.

The things I really object to that Trump has tried to do are so far right as to to almost require a new label. Corporate Libertarianism, or maybe UGDG, or "use the fed. government to destroy the fed. government". They are going to torch the environment too, but that will bite his supporters first and hardest.
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they are not news... they are political commentary
 
<alt>doxygen said:
Watch Fox. Carlson and Hannity are still explaining how "why or what he says and does is acceptable, wonderful for the country, proper, not illegal etc. even when it is something they previously fell all over themselves to present as horrible/illegal/tyranny when Obama did it." Only an evil leftist would think otherwise.

The crazy works both ways.

The things I really object to that Trump has tried to do are so far right as to to almost require a new label. Corporate Libertarianism, or maybe UGDG, or "use the fed. government to destroy the fed. government". They are going to torch the environment too, but that will bite his supporters first and hardest.
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What has he tried to do that is so far right as to almost require a new label? Name something.
 
TheGoverness said:
So do the Trump sycophants.
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But the Trump supporters that you so elegantly malign here can tell you WHY they are willing to support Trump. It has nothing to do with his personality, style, or characterizations of things which is what most of the anti-Trump people exclusively focus on.

We LIKE his choice for the Supreme Court.
We WANT illegal immigration to be brought under control and the laws enforced.
We WANT jobs, a healthy economy, and opportunity, choices, and options for all.
We WANT trade policy that is as good for us as it is for everybody else.
Etc.

The prim, proper, righteous, sanctimonious, status quo politically correct sure as heck haven't accomplished any of that. So if he goes about it differently than the feckless people who should have already done it go about it, we are willing to cut him some slack to see if he can do better.

Those who hate him aren't willing to cut him any slack and in fact are throwing up roadblocks as fast as they can and trying to discredit him as much as they can.

I honestly believe they are terrified that he might get it done and that would leave them having to eat a lot of crow and wash a lot of egg off of their faces.
 
AlbqOwl said:
But the Trump supporters that you so elegantly malign here can tell you WHY they are willing to support Trump. It has nothing to do with his personality, style, or characterizations of things which is what most of the anti-Trump people exclusively focus on.

We LIKE his choice for the Supreme Court.
We WANT illegal immigration to be brought under control and the laws enforced.
We WANT jobs, a healthy economy, and opportunity, choices, and options for all.
We WANT trade policy that is as good for us as it is for everybody else.
Etc.

The prim, proper, righteous, sanctimonious, status quo politically correct sure as heck haven't accomplished any of that. So if he goes about it differently than the feckless people who should have already done it go about it, we are willing to cut him some slack to see if he can do better.

Those who hate him aren't willing to cut him any slack and in fact are throwing up roadblocks as fast as they can and trying to discredit him as much as they can.

I honestly believe they are terrified that he might get it done and that would leave them having to eat a lot of crow and wash a lot of egg off of their faces.
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Beautiful!

The only thing I'd add is that we really don't care who is running the country as long as we have those things. If Magilla Gorilla was in the White House and things were all on the up and up I'd be happy.

A lot of the folks getting all worked up about Trump either fail to realize or have forgotten that America is supposed to be a "bottom up" kind of government. It's us Americans on the street and in our neighborhoods that define this nation, not the jerks in DC.
 
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AlbqOwl said:
B But the Trump supporters that you so elegantly malign here can tell you WHY they are willing to support Trump. It has nothing to do with his personality, style, or characterizations of things which is what most of the anti-Trump people exclusively focus on.

We LIKE his choice for the Supreme Court.
We WANT illegal immigration to be brought under control and the laws enforced.
We WANT jobs, a healthy economy, and opportunity, choices, and options for all.
We WANT trade policy that is as good for us as it is for everybody else.
Etc.

The prim, proper, righteous, sanctimonious, status quo politically correct sure as heck haven't accomplished any of that. So if he goes about it differently than the feckless people who should have already done it go about it, we are willing to cut him some slack to see if he can do better.

Those who hate him aren't willing to cut him any slack and in fact are throwing up roadblocks as fast as they can and trying to discredit him as much as they can.

I honestly believe they are terrified that he might get it done and that would leave them having to eat a lot of crow and wash a lot of egg off of their faces.
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this illustrates the "depth" of the tRump support:

We WANT jobs, a healthy economy, and opportunity, choices, and options for all.
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they are so special. they obviously presume no one other than a tRump supporter would want jobs, a healthy economy, and opportunity, choices, and options for all

and i must say i believe this poster is exaggerating, because when the democrats try to pass legislation providing government assistance to ensure equal opportunities for all, it is tRump's party that comes out to quash it


We WANT trade policy that is as good for us as it is for everybody else.
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again, the tRump defenders presume that only they want fair trade; they are SO unique

but they never seem able to point to planks in the democratic platform showing us that progressives are opposed to fair trading policies


the media - for the most part - paints for the public whatever is available to be reported. unfortunately for tRump. most of what he engages in is negative. tRump is such an innocent victim ... and his supporters are so maligned
 
Lutherf said:
Beautiful!

The only thing I'd add is that we really don't care who is running the country as long as we have those things. If Magilla Gorilla was in the White House and things were all on the up and up I'd be happy.

A lot of the folks getting all worked up about Trump either fail to realize or have forgotten that America is supposed to be a "bottom up" kind of government. It's us Americans on the street and in our neighborhoods that define this nation, not the jerks in DC.
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Uh, Donald Trump is not a "American on the street". He's a rich billionaire that was born into a rich family.

And I don't really know many people that think that it's the politicians in DC that define America. Not sure where you're getting that from.
 
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Lutherf said:
Beautiful!

The only thing I'd add is that we really don't care who is running the country as long as we have those things. If Magilla Gorilla was in the White House and things were all on the up and up I'd be happy.

A lot of the folks getting all worked up about Trump either fail to realize or have forgotten that America is supposed to be a "bottom up" kind of government. It's us Americans on the street and in our neighborhoods that define this nation, not the jerks in DC.
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Amen and amen.
 
TheGoverness said:
"Malign"? Did I say all of you are evil scumbags? No, I didn't.
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You didn't specify which of us you meant. But I'll agree that no, you didn't specifically say all of us are evil scumbags. :)

The thing is, Lutherf is right. If he gets it done, we don't care how lovable he is or politically correct he is or status quo he is and we don't care HOW he does it as long as he stays within the law and demonstrates at least some integrity in the process. And honestly, I haven't seen ANYTHING he has done, deliberately anyway, that is outside the law and that I can say I know for a fact is unethical. And I am guessing that none of the Trump haters can dispute that. All they have is hope that he is doing something bad so they can say they are right about him.
 
justabubba said:
this illustrates the "depth" of the tRump support:



they are so special. they obviously presume no one other than a tRump supporter would want jobs, a healthy economy, and opportunity, choices, and options for all

and i must say i believe this poster is exaggerating, because when the democrats try to pass legislation providing government assistance to ensure equal opportunities for all, it is tRump's party that comes out to quash it




again, the tRump defenders presume that only they want fair trade; they are SO unique

but they never seem able to point to planks in the democratic platform showing us that progressives are opposed to fair trading policies


the media - for the most part - paints for the public whatever is available to be reported. unfortunately for tRump. most of what he engages in is negative. tRump is such an innocent victim ... and his supporters are so maligned
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And another point made went sailing right over another head.
 
AlbqOwl said:
You didn't specify which of us you meant. But I'll agree that no, you didn't specifically say all of us are evil scumbags. :)
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I did specify; I said Trump sycophants.

The thing is, Lutherf is right. If he gets it done, we don't care how lovable he is or politically correct he is or status quo he is and we don't care HOW he does it as long as he stays within the law and demonstrates at least some integrity in the process. And honestly, I haven't seen ANYTHING he has done, deliberately anyway, that is outside the law and that I can say I know for a fact is unethical. And I am guessing that none of the Trump haters can dispute that. All they have is hope that he is doing something bad so they can say they are right about him.
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Well, Trump definitely hasn't shown any integrity. That's clearly not his thing.
 
AlbqOwl said:
What has he tried to do that is so far right as to almost require a new label? Name something.
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Betsy DeVos for starters. She's a little trust fund baby who never worked in her life, and now she's running the Dept. of Ed. for the USA. What's she been doing since she was born heiress to a pyramid scheme scam fortune?

This is from an answer on Quora, https://www.quora.com/What-is-Betsy-DeVoss-unspoken-education-agenda

You’ve heard that old barb: If you’re so smart, how come you’re not rich?
People with money think they know everything. And Betsy DeVos is rich. Very rich.
That’s not a crime. But rich people donate tons of money to causes they consider worthy.
The DeVos Family gives away millions. Some pet DeVos projects:
Mackinac Center for Public Policy - To these people there’s no such thing as climate change: Progressing Backwards; Global Warming: Mother Nature Is Still In Charge; Global Warming Will Lead to Alien Invasions?
Americans for Prosperity - Fights price control on prescription drugs. Because if you keep drug prices low, we’ll run out of drugs. (Huh?) Price Controls on Prescription Drugs Are Bad Medicine for Consumers; Drug Prices Don’t Need a Big-Government Cure; Government No Cure for Drug Prices
Foundation for Traditional Values - Christianity is the foundation of “American freedom,” the sanctity of life from conception, “a free enterprise philosophy of government.”
Holy mackerel! ALL these causes have one thing in common: The Religious Right. And Betsy DeVos can’t wait for them to take over the U.S. education system.

In 2006, Richard DeVos, husband of Betsy, ran for Michigan governor on a platform of things he’d like to change. Richard Devos said:
“Intelligent people can disagree about the origins of life. In the end, I believe in our system of local control. Local school boards should have the opportunity to offer evolution and intelligent design in their curriculums."
I’m pretty sure intelligent design is not on the SAT’s. Michigan Candidate Backs Intelligent Design
The previous year, The New York Times ran “In Intelligent Design Case, a Cause in Search of a Lawsuit”. It was a report about the Thomas More Center, a nonprofit law firm that litigates pro-Christian platforms, like teaching creationism in science class. The DeVos Foundation gives away millions to Thomas More.
Covering DeVos For Governor, reporter Hector Solon posted the “Doctrine of Dick DeVos: Tithes that Buy the Christian Right” for Daily Kos.

The Foundation for Traditional Values is part of another group: The Citizens for Traditional Values,. Pat Robertson started this group in 1991 as the "Michigan Freedom Education Committee". They renamed it a few months later.
The people in these right wing organizations, and benefactors like the DeVos family, believe they are “on a special ‘mission from God’ to change government.” From the Citizens for Traditional Values website:
God’s commandments are very clear. Not only are we to be active participants in our surroundings, but we are to pray and give thanks for, respect and honor all authority, even those with which we disagree. …
By obeying Him in this way, our nation will be blessed and we will bring glory to God!
 
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They are anti-abortion:
Unborn Human Life — is life unique and does it come from God, and is the purpose of civil government to protect innocent human life?
They are anti-gay. To them, same-sex marriage is “a historic attack on the constitutional foundation of our country and the historic definition of marriage”:
Natural Marriage — are there God-given moral laws that are still relevant today? Is the family a God-ordained and society strengthening institution?
They want an “official” religion — Christianity, of course — and official government holidays like Christmas and Easter, to make sure people don’t forget who’s in charge:
Public Religious Expression — should the act of acknowledging God in our public life be prohibited or should religious freedom be preserved for all citizens?

Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse is endorsing billionaire Betsy. Senator Sasse loves to hear Betsy DeVos sing the praises of “educational freedom, local control for parents and more opportunity”, helping “millions of low-income kids” deprived of “an education that allows them to compete”. At least, that’s what he says.
You have to admit, some of this sounds great. Who wouldn’t want someone like Betsy DeVos, the long time chairman of Michigan’s Republican Party, running the U.S. Dep’t of Education? Aren’t billionaires eminently qualified to do that? They’re so smart. That’s how they got so rich.

Citizens for Traditional Values opposes separation of church and state. They believe a Christian church and a Christian state should work together to promote Christian values. They maintain that the Founding Fathers didn’t believe in separating church and state. That must therefore be un-American.
DeVos can fix that. She would “reform” education by redirecting tax dollars to Christian schools. Vouchers are the perfect way to get the U.S. Government and U.S. Taxpayers to pay for Christian schools.
Don’t worry. Poor kids don’t have to go to taxpayer-subsidized Christian schools if they don’t want to. Non-Christians don’t, either. It’s a free country.

To this end, the DeVos family prominently supports groups dedicated to Christianeducation “reform”.
Another pet project of the DeVos family is Michigan’s Student Statesmanship Institute. They train “Christ's Ambassadors” to promote “His Kingdom”. This DeVos-funded student nonprofit describes itself as “a dynamic Biblical worldview and leadership training program” committed to “restoring America's Judeo-Christian heritage.”
There’s a Student Statesmanship Institute in Minnesota (“As our culture grows darker, the need is increasing for strong, confident leaders who can winsomely shine the light of Christ …”), supported by the Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators and Minnesota Christian High Schools.
This is Betsy DeVos’s education agenda. As Secretary of Education, Mrs. Richard DeVos. Michigan’s former Republican Committee chairman, would commit American tax dollars to a public policy that steers education toward fervent, extreme ‘Christian’ dogma.

That's just one example, and Sessions may be worse than DeVos. Want examples from his EO's? I agree with some of his EO's, BTW, but most accomplish nothing by themselves.
 
<alt>doxygen said:
Betsy DeVos for starters. She's a little trust fund baby who never worked in her life, and now she's running the Dept. of Ed. for the USA. What's she been doing since she was born heiress to a pyramid scheme scam fortune?

This is from an answer on Quora, https://www.quora.com/What-is-Betsy-DeVoss-unspoken-education-agenda

You’ve heard that old barb: If you’re so smart, how come you’re not rich?
People with money think they know everything. And Betsy DeVos is rich. Very rich.
That’s not a crime. But rich people donate tons of money to causes they consider worthy.
The DeVos Family gives away millions. Some pet DeVos projects:
Mackinac Center for Public Policy - To these people there’s no such thing as climate change: Progressing Backwards; Global Warming: Mother Nature Is Still In Charge; Global Warming Will Lead to Alien Invasions?
Americans for Prosperity - Fights price control on prescription drugs. Because if you keep drug prices low, we’ll run out of drugs. (Huh?) Price Controls on Prescription Drugs Are Bad Medicine for Consumers; Drug Prices Don’t Need a Big-Government Cure; Government No Cure for Drug Prices
Foundation for Traditional Values - Christianity is the foundation of “American freedom,” the sanctity of life from conception, “a free enterprise philosophy of government.”
Holy mackerel! ALL these causes have one thing in common: The Religious Right. And Betsy DeVos can’t wait for them to take over the U.S. education system.

In 2006, Richard DeVos, husband of Betsy, ran for Michigan governor on a platform of things he’d like to change. Richard Devos said:
“Intelligent people can disagree about the origins of life. In the end, I believe in our system of local control. Local school boards should have the opportunity to offer evolution and intelligent design in their curriculums."
I’m pretty sure intelligent design is not on the SAT’s. Michigan Candidate Backs Intelligent Design
The previous year, The New York Times ran “In Intelligent Design Case, a Cause in Search of a Lawsuit”. It was a report about the Thomas More Center, a nonprofit law firm that litigates pro-Christian platforms, like teaching creationism in science class. The DeVos Foundation gives away millions to Thomas More.
Covering DeVos For Governor, reporter Hector Solon posted the “Doctrine of Dick DeVos: Tithes that Buy the Christian Right” for Daily Kos.

The Foundation for Traditional Values is part of another group: The Citizens for Traditional Values,. Pat Robertson started this group in 1991 as the "Michigan Freedom Education Committee". They renamed it a few months later.
The people in these right wing organizations, and benefactors like the DeVos family, believe they are “on a special ‘mission from God’ to change government.” From the Citizens for Traditional Values website:
God’s commandments are very clear. Not only are we to be active participants in our surroundings, but we are to pray and give thanks for, respect and honor all authority, even those with which we disagree. …
By obeying Him in this way, our nation will be blessed and we will bring glory to God!
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I honestly don't have much of a problem with Betsy DeVos, because she really hasn't done anything yet for me to object to.
 
TheGoverness said:
I did specify; I said Trump sycophants.



Well, Trump definitely hasn't shown any integrity. That's clearly not his thing.
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I'm sure that's the way you see it because, though you are one who I can usually count on to be objective, you rarely have anything good to say about the President. And that sorta crowds you into the dedicated Trump hater group.

Most in that group never listen to him in full context and they don't look for anything other than bad press and don't seem to notice or care when so much of the negative stories turn out to be untrue. I look for all the news to be had before I believe anything I read these days. And the media comes out looking a lot worse than Trump does most of the time.

Conversely I listened to most of Obama's speeches, at least those that were televised, plus a lot of posted stuff that didn't make it onto the 10 o'clock news. And when something really outrageous was posted about Obama, I did a bit of research to determine if it was just an Obama-hater spouting off or if the accusation had legs. Nine times out of ten the complaint about Obama was unfounded or exaggerated or otherwise was falsely reported.

Take Obama's quip to Medvedev unintentionally caught on an open mic raised a lot of eyebrows. In itself illegal or unethical? No. but it did highly illustrate that what Obama was telling all of us was not going to be the way it actually was. And yes, we saw that as a strong negative. it was a story for a day. Of no consequence to Obama supporters and pretty much a yawn for everybody else.

Now if that had been Trump, all the Democrats in Congress, 95% of the entire media, and all of you would be demanding his immediate impeachment. How dare he! Unacceptable! Intolerable! And it would have been good for at least two weeks of non stop negative press.

And therein you have the difference.
 
<alt>doxygen said:
Betsy DeVos for starters. She's a little trust fund baby who never worked in her life, and now she's running the Dept. of Ed. for the USA. What's she been doing since she was born heiress to a pyramid scheme scam fortune?

This is from an answer on Quora, https://www.quora.com/What-is-Betsy-DeVoss-unspoken-education-agenda

You’ve heard that old barb: If you’re so smart, how come you’re not rich?
People with money think they know everything. And Betsy DeVos is rich. Very rich.
That’s not a crime. But rich people donate tons of money to causes they consider worthy.
The DeVos Family gives away millions. Some pet DeVos projects:
Mackinac Center for Public Policy - To these people there’s no such thing as climate change: Progressing Backwards; Global Warming: Mother Nature Is Still In Charge; Global Warming Will Lead to Alien Invasions?
Americans for Prosperity - Fights price control on prescription drugs. Because if you keep drug prices low, we’ll run out of drugs. (Huh?) Price Controls on Prescription Drugs Are Bad Medicine for Consumers; Drug Prices Don’t Need a Big-Government Cure; Government No Cure for Drug Prices
Foundation for Traditional Values - Christianity is the foundation of “American freedom,” the sanctity of life from conception, “a free enterprise philosophy of government.”
Holy mackerel! ALL these causes have one thing in common: The Religious Right. And Betsy DeVos can’t wait for them to take over the U.S. education system.

In 2006, Richard DeVos, husband of Betsy, ran for Michigan governor on a platform of things he’d like to change. Richard Devos said:
“Intelligent people can disagree about the origins of life. In the end, I believe in our system of local control. Local school boards should have the opportunity to offer evolution and intelligent design in their curriculums."
I’m pretty sure intelligent design is not on the SAT’s. Michigan Candidate Backs Intelligent Design
The previous year, The New York Times ran “In Intelligent Design Case, a Cause in Search of a Lawsuit”. It was a report about the Thomas More Center, a nonprofit law firm that litigates pro-Christian platforms, like teaching creationism in science class. The DeVos Foundation gives away millions to Thomas More.
Covering DeVos For Governor, reporter Hector Solon posted the “Doctrine of Dick DeVos: Tithes that Buy the Christian Right” for Daily Kos.

The Foundation for Traditional Values is part of another group: The Citizens for Traditional Values,. Pat Robertson started this group in 1991 as the "Michigan Freedom Education Committee". They renamed it a few months later.
The people in these right wing organizations, and benefactors like the DeVos family, believe they are “on a special ‘mission from God’ to change government.” From the Citizens for Traditional Values website:
God’s commandments are very clear. Not only are we to be active participants in our surroundings, but we are to pray and give thanks for, respect and honor all authority, even those with which we disagree. …
By obeying Him in this way, our nation will be blessed and we will bring glory to God!
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And that's so far right of center that it needs a new label? I am unaware that any of those other people or groups are part of the Dept. of Education. And so far, I haven't seen anything Betsy has done that I think is detrimental to education. She certainly couldn't do much worse to education than what I see up close and personal. So education gets worse and worse under the former Education Secretaries. And she will do it differently I hope, I hope, I hope and maybe things will be better.

You'll have to try harder than that to convince me you have anything at all other than pure prejudice against President Trump or that you are doing anything other than what I see a highly unprofessional and unethical media doing.
 
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